Capital Equipment News June 2016

CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS

JUNE 2016

n a three-day display of its expertise and

its range of vacuum and pressure equip-

ment, CompAir South Africa has broken

new ground in the compressed air sector by

creating a forum for sharing skills and ideas

with its customers and broader market.

“Gardner Denver’s exhibition and symposium

at Emperors Palace near Johannesburg at the

beginning of June was an expression of how

we do business,” said Business Director, Marc

Willmers. “We invited our customers and part-

ners to come and learn about the latest tech-

nologies, but also to discuss their particular

requirements and challenges. This two-way

consultation forms the basis of good partner-

ships − and keeps us close to the needs of our

target markets; only in this way can we provide

efficient solutions that work for the customer.”

The event showcased Gardner Denver’s range

of technologies, and brought global experts to

address delegates in highly focused sessions

where they could pose their own questions

and discuss technical and strategic issues

with experts from the production facilities in

United Kingdom, Italy and Germany.

Integrated solutions

“As a member of the worldwide Gardner Denver

group, we are able to offer integrated solutions

across a range of compressed air, vacuum and

pressure technologies,” said Willmers. “An

event like this gives our customers and our

sector the opportunity to examine options for

their applications, and to engage in detailed

technical discussions that will improve the

quality of their purchasing decisions.”

Gardner Denver CompAir

GETS CLOSER TO CUSTOMERS WITH INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM

By Paul Crankshaw

With a local presence in South Africa dat-

ing back to 1927, CompAir South Africa’s

range now extends from the vacuum range

to almost 400+ bar high pressure applica-

tions,” he said. “We provide this by bringing

globally respected brands like Robuschi,

Elmo Rietschle, CompAir and Belliss &

Morcom to the sub-Saharan market – de-

livering the best possible value to custom-

ers’ operations.”

The CompAir compressor range offers energy

efficient, high quality air, user-friendly control-

lers, compact design, low noise levels and low

maintenance – in a range that includes lubri-

cated screw compressors (L-series), oil-free

screw compressors (D-series), water-injected

oil-free screw compressors (DH-series) and

portable compressors (C-series).

Generating nitrogen on-site

He said that within the CompAir offerings,

nitrogen generators had been an important

innovation in recent years, enhancing the

functionality of on-site compressed air

installations.

“Nitrogen gas can even be produced from

spare capacity within an existing com-

pressed air system, saving energy and oc-

cupying a minimum of extra floor space,”

said Willmers. “With our Carbon Molecular

Sieve, users get lower-cost maintenance

and a long working life.”

CompAir nitrogen generators are also compli-

ant with food and pharmaceutical standards,

making them safe to use in highly regulated

sectors and attesting to the scientific excel-

lence they embody.

Vacuum and blowers

In its vacuum pumps and blowers range,

CompAir South Africa can offer solutions from

minus one bar up to 2,5 bar of pressure with

its Elmo Rietschle and Robuschi products.

The various applications for Elmo Rietschle

vacuum and pressure technology make it the

preferred choice in sectors such as pneumat-

ic conveying, plastics (transfer of granules,

calibration and drying), food (thermoforming,

sealing, mixing and packaging), graphic arts

(printing), healthcare (medical vacuum and

respiratory assistance) and automotive (man-

ufacturing of parts).

As a world market leader for side channel

blowers, the brand also supports liquid ring,

rotary vane, claw, screw and rotary lobe tech-

nologies.

CompAir’s Robuschi range of low pressure

blowers and vacuum pumps are supplied to a

broad range of sectors including waste water

treatment, chemical, food and paper – pro-

cess industries that require fluid handling. Its

centrifugal pumps include the Prochem line

for conveying aggressive liquids in the pet-

rochemical industry, and the Promix series

for viscous liquids and slurries such as those

found in the paper, sugar and food sectors.

Finding the real cost

Willmers highlighted the growing importance

that customers attach to the overall cost of

Marc Willmers – Business Director, CompAir SA.

Presenters at Masters of Air (from left): Florian Braehler, Gerrie Coetzee, James Waldron, Keith

Atkinson, Evan Reynolds, James Cutting and Rob Mellors.